Financial Aid at Berea College

<p>I am planning to apply to Berea College because I know that it gives a 100% full tuition to the admitted students. The problem is that I don’t know how will the rest of the money be paid, I mean the room and board and the other things. My family cannot afford to pay for college, and I am not really sure how the loan and the work on campus is divided for the rest of the payments. Can someone (possibly somebody who has studied/is studying at Berea) give me some information? </p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>When you fill out the FAFSA Berea will charge food, room & board, and some allowance for books based on what the FAFSA says. So poorer students can go on 100% free and other will have to pay a few thousand dollars to cover their four years. “Poorer” is a loose term since most of the students come from disadvantaged families, but as long as your FAFSA puts you on the very needy side you should get to go for free. Dont worry about a car and gas either; freshmen can’t have them and most students bike anyway. </p>

<p>Pretty good deal altogether, and much of the students go to very good graduate schools after they graduate from Berea.</p>

<p>First thank you for answering my question!.</p>

<p>Second by “free” you mean that you don’t have to pay anything (not even loans and work stdy jobs?).</p>

<p>Third, does it function the same way about the international students? Because I forgot to mention that I am not a US citizen and I will come to the US just for college.</p>

<p>[Costs</a> and Financial Aid for International Students - Office of Admissions](<a href=“http://www.berea.edu/admissions/international/costs-and-financial-aid-for-international-students/]Costs”>Costs and Financial Aid for International Students - Berea College)</p>

<p>No problem.</p>

<p>You will not need any loans and if you REALLY do then the school will cover it for you—that’s the whole point of the FAFSA. To show need, and Berea will try their best to cover it. The students that DO pay, pay because their parents income is high enough to support paying for a dorm and/or books. The campus job you are required to have pays well below minimum wage but will still get you enough to buy something here and there. Berea is, quite literally, the last school you will need to worry about your money with.</p>

<p>International students have the same deal applied to them. In fact, when I toured the school my guide was a Venezulen polisci major who was attending for free on all accounts–tuition, dorm, books, and food (some students might even argue intrnat’ls get even cheaper attendance than the already charitable education all students get, since so many of the intrnat’ls have full rides at Berea).</p>

<p>Def. check out ally’s link up there, it should answer most of your questions. When in doubt, call the school and they will soothe your fears.</p>

<p>How did the application go? Were you admitted?</p>